(DOWNLOAD) "Curtis v. Bembenek" by Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Curtis v. Bembenek
Author : Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Release Date : January 23, 1995
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 57 KB

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COFFEY, Circuit Judge. In this appeal from the dismissal of a civil rights suit brought by a prisoner, the principal question before us is whether a police officer who gives allegedly perjurious testimony during a preliminary hearing and a pretrial suppression hearing is entitled to absolute witness immunity from liability under 42 U.S.C. Â§ 1983 for damages caused by his testimony. We believe that a police officer who testifies in court at these adversarial pretrial hearings is absolutely immune from Â§ 1983 liability, and we affirm.